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Panthers slide past Showboats on late rushing TD
Matthew Colburn II rushed for a 3-yard touchdown to break a tie with 7:31 left in regulation as the Michigan Panthers defeated the Memphis Showboats 24-18 on Saturday in Detroit. ,Colburn put Michigan's offense on his back, rushing for 93 yards and a pair of scores on 24 carries. Brian Lewerke and B...

Wings F Natasha Howard (foot) out 3-6 weeks
Dallas Wings forward Natasha Howard is expected to miss three-to-six weeks with a broken foot, the team announced Friday.,The Wings signed free agent forward Monique Billings to a salary cap hardship contract to replace Howard, who sustained the injury during Dallas' 87-79 victory over the Chicago S...

Jaguars sign DBs Terrell Edmunds, Tre Flowers
The Jacksonville Jaguars added three players on defense Thursday, signing defensive backs Terrell Edmunds and Tre Flowers, as well as linebacker Ty Summers.,The Jaguars also waived linebacker Dequan Jackson and cut ties with wide receiver Wayne Ruby on a injury settlement.,Edmunds, 27, was a first-r...

Mystik Dan seeing Triple as path opens at Preakness
Mystik Dan's path to winning the Kentucky Derby opened up about midway through the final turn after he cleared out pacesetter Track Phantom and rode the rail to the slightest of victories.,His path to capturing Saturday's 149th Preakness Stakes cleared out a bit on Wednesday.,Mystik Dan's owners Zed...

Charlotte FC aim to keep Fire cold
It was just a year and a half ago that Patrick Agyemang was playing college soccer for Rhode Island.,Now he's leading Charlotte FC in goals as the Crown heads to Chicago for a Wednesday night match with the struggling Fire.,Agyemang produced the only goal of Saturday night's home match with Nashvill...

Jason Kelce joins ESPN's 'Monday Night Countdown' crew
Former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce made his latest roster move official, joining the ESPN family on Tuesday.,Kelce, who retired in March after 13 NFL seasons, will be part of the "Monday Night Countdown" crew.,"Turns out, it was a short retirement! I'm excited to join ESPN, and particular...

Browns S Rodney McLeod to retire after 2024 season
Cleveland Browns safety Rodney McLeod said he plans to retire following the 2024 NFL season.,McLeod, who turns 34 in June, missed the last seven games of the 2023 campaign with a biceps injury.,"This is the last lap for me. It's been a long career," he told NFL Network on Tuesday. "I'm looking forwa...

Cowboys, Browns and Brady featured in Week 1 matchup
Tom Brady and two of the NFL's highest-paid quarterbacks will gather Week 1 of the 2024 season in Cleveland. ,Brady, in his regular-season broadcasting debut with FOX, was part of the announcement Monday night when he confirmed alongside new booth partner Kevin Burkhardt that they would call the Cow...

Lisa Bluder retires, Jan Jensen takes over at Iowa
Iowa coach Lisa Bluder announced her retirement on Monday, and associate head coach Jan Jensen was named her successor.,Bluder, 63, spent 24 of her 34 seasons as a Division I head coach at Iowa. She spent a decade at Drake before taking over the Hawkeyes ahead of the 2000-01 season.,Bluder guided th...

Orioles call up OF Kyle Stowers, option OF Heston Kjerstad
In the midst of his power explosion since the start of spring training, the Baltimore Orioles added outfielder Kyle Stowers to the major league roster Monday.,In a corresponding move, the Orioles optioned outfielder Heston Kjerstad to Triple-A Norfolk.,Stowers, 26, had brief appearances for Baltimor...

Reports: Orioles set to call up OF Kyle Stowers
In the midst of his power explosion since the start of spring training, the Baltimore Orioles will add outfielder Kyle Stowers to the major league roster, multiple outlets reported Monday.,A corresponding move has yet to be revealed, with the Orioles set to play host to the Toronto Blue Jays on Mond...

NFL Safeties are getting the short end of stick this offseason
It’s cap casualty season. The new league year begins on March 13, and every team in the league has to be under the hard salary cap by 4 p.m. EST on that date. Teams across the league are bleeding talent to reach the $255.4 million number....

Are the Minnesota Timberwolves for real or <em>American Fiction</em>?
It’s Oscars Week, which feels like as good a time as any to draw up the NBA storylines and characters which could double as Oscar nominees.The Minnesota Timberwolves’ deceptive season has been one of the hottest topics in the West so let’s start there....

James Harden finally found a restaurant willing to carry his wine
Are you looking for traditional flavors with a Japanese flare, a stunning lounge with a live DJ, bowling lanes, exotic hookah, a nightclub, and bottomless J. Harden Wine prosecco all in one convenient, classy one-stop shop? Well look no further than Thirteen Houston, James Harden’s new restaurant ve...

This week in the locker March 09, 2024
We realize the enormity of saying “the most CONCACAF game ever,” as this particular region of the soccer world is literally where people throw ducks at balloons and nothing is the way it seems. Just about anything can happen when the North and Central American Federation is in charge, and boy did it...

This week in the NBA & WNBA March 09, 2024
Need any more evidence that Gilbert Arenas’ bellyaching about Europeans and foreigners ruining basketball with their sweet outside strokes is all hot air? I’ll give you one: Josh Giddey. Now that his legal woes appear to be in the rearview mirror, the whispers about his liabilities in the Oklahoma C...

This week in the NFL March 09, 2024
Back in 2021, Britt Reid, then the Chiefs’ linebackers coach and son of celebrated Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, left team headquarters drunk, smashed his truck into two cars stopped on the side of the interstate at 84 mph, and put five-year-old Ariel Young into a coma. Young sustained a ...

What do the A's & Sydney Opera House have in common?; No winners in Russell Wilson's war; USWNT's CONCACAF madness
Leave it to the A’s and John Fisher to be three months late on the renderings for a ballpark that still feels like it has a better chance of being built in Narnia than it does in Vegas, and then to have it leak out a day after they meant it to: - Sam Fels Read More...

Latest problem with Josh Giddey; Dame Lillard finally steps up; Dalton Knecht and Reed Sheppard on verge of history
Need any more evidence that Gilbert Arenas’ bellyaching about Europeans and foreigners ruining basketball with their sweet outside strokes is all hot air? I’ll give you one: Josh Giddey. Now that his legal woes appear to be in the rearview mirror, the whispers about his liabilities in the Oklahoma C...

Andy Reid's son gets break his DUI victim didn't; Emmitt Smith is right about DEI; Kelce retires for real this time
Back in 2021, Britt Reid, then the Chiefs’ linebackers coach and son of celebrated Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid, left team headquarters drunk, smashed his truck into two cars stopped on the side of the interstate at 84 mph, and put five-year-old Ariel Young into a coma. Young sustained a ...